Dispensing-package.



A. FALK.

DISPENSKNG PAflKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27,1914.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914,

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I fihur'F'aZ/D DI IENSI P EKA'GE- Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Nov. 1 1, 19.14.

applicsvtion filed May 27, 181A. semrzsrawees. i 1

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR Far/K, a'citizenof the United States, residing at New York, inthecounty of New YorkandState of New York,hav invented certain new :and useful improvements inEispensing-Paekages, of which "the following is a specifica- 't'IOH.

This invention relates to the subject of packages for cigarettes, andthe primary aim of the invention is to produce a ciga rette packagewhich will revent the contents of the package from eterioration andpermit access to be freely !had to said contents.

The invention contemplates a cigarette. package "the inner wrapper ofwhich is formed of air and moisture 'proof material having ends foldedaand overlapped tol seal theends of the package, one of the ends: being"so harmed that it may be readily opened to permit a cigarette'to'beremoved; and said end then restored to its normal}? position to seal thepackage, the packagef bein inc'losed in a wrapperone'end portion 1 of wich is' weakened and "folded to firom sealing flaps which, whenopened,form a'; finger igrip' :tihat gtacilitates tearing-off the; weakenedportion of the outer-Wrapper, so that access may be had to the end' ofthe package that is to be opened to give access to the cigarettes, theremovable end of thewrapper being so disposed relative -to the. packagecthat when said end :removed, :the wrapper remains on and forms aprotector. thatprevents the package collapsing.

One simple and preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in theacompanying drawings, whereinv Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved package, the outer wrapper having itsremovable end in positionto be torn-off to give access to the loose flaps of the inner wrapper.Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the removable end partly detachedand exposing the loose flaps of the inner wrapper. Fig. 3 is aperspective View, the removable end of the outer wrapper being torn-offand the adjacent end of the inner wrapper being opened. Fig. 4 is a planview of the outer wrapper.

The improved package comprises an inner Wrapper 1 formed of tin foil orother air and moisture proof material, and a loose paper lining 2therefor. The wrapper 1 and the-ilining-Z are shaped to form a containerwhich may be rectangular or any other simpe, and the ends thereof arefolded to form the side flaps '3 and top and bottom flaps 4 and *5respectively. The bottom flaps tare folded inwardlyythe side flaps 3then folded onto the flaps 5, and the top flaps-4 are then folded overthe saidside and' bot- '-tom=fla ps. The flaps areti-g'htl folded in--their overlapped relation descri-ed, and at r 1 andthe lining 2is-such chat-mesa margin, afieatureof the-inventionthatjs oi nnportarnoein that in much arrangement seals the meeting edges of said .wrappenandili-ning, and also ifonms a reinforc'ement at sash pofintof tour-layersof the wrapper and linin as indicated 'gener ally by the nuwere 6. Theoverlapped portionswf the wrapper 1 and lining fiiare:preterablymotpermanently connected, lhu t obviously adhesive material may be used toobtain a pe manent-canne tion-i suchiis desired.

Elie package so far described is an air and moisture proof one, the endthereof that is closed by the loose flaps being sealed tight by saidflaps as the foil wrapper 1 retains the shape and position in which itis folded, yet such loose flaps can be readily opened to permit theremoval of a cigarette, and then readily restored to their overlappedpositions to tightly seal the package, such opening and closing of theloose flaps having no tendency to damage the package. An outer wrapper 7incloses the package, the wrapper 7 bein preferably of paper and in theform 0 an advertising label. The ends of the wrapper 7 are folded toform side flaps 8, bottom flaps 9 and top flaps 10, similar to the flapsof the wrapper 1 and lining 2. The flaps of the wrapper 7 at thepermanently sealed end of the wrapper 1 are also permanently sealed inover lapped relation, and at the other end of :may be opened to ;10 areprovided by infolding the sides to.

material. This arrangement, combined with wrapper 7, the flaps arefolded in overlapped relation in a manner similar to the folding of theloose flaps, and the top flap 10 is supplied with a small amount of"adhesive material, just sulficient to cause it to lightly adhere to thebottom flap 9. At the junction of the body of the wrapper 7 and itssealing flaps 8, 9 and 10, the body is weakened transversely by theindentations, perforations, or other weakening means, 11, so that byreleasing the flap 10 from the flap 9 and using said flap 10 as a fingergrip, the entire end portion of the wrapper 7 may be readily torn-oil atthe weakenedportion 11 so that the loose flaps of the wrapper 1 andlining 2 are exposed and give aa'cess to the contents of the package. 1I p It will be-observed that the ,fiapsB, 9 and form the flaps 8, andsuch infolding causes the top flap 10 to be formed of two layers ofmaterial, an advantageous feature in that sufiicient reinforcement. isthereby imparted to the flap 10 so that when said flap is used as afinger-grip, it assures'thatthe-strain exerted will cause the end of theWrapper, to be separated from the body'thereof at the weakened line 11.Y i 1 The label 7 entirely incloses the package 3 and its longitudinalmeeting edges are permanently connected by the use-of adhesivethe'permanently sea-led end of the wrapper, or label,. causes the'label'to'form a cup-l shaped'protector in which the package remainsafter the weakened end of the label has been removed, that retains thepackage in its original shapeand also prevents the contents of thepackage being damaged by displacement or other-wise.

The improved package is of special utility in' connection withcigarettes and tobacco generally in that the same normally preserves theeontentsfrom are-- deteriorating effectsof air and moisture, yetprovides simplemeans whereby access can be had to the contentswhendesired, and afterward the package can be readily sealed against air andmoisture without damaging the package: And in this connection it is tobe noted that the use of the package is not limited to cigarettes,tobacco, and other tobacco articles, for it will tbeclear; that the samemaybe used as a container for a large variety of articles.

What I claim as my invention is:-

A merchandise package comprising an inner wrapper formed of air andmoisture proof material shaped to form a container having one endpermanently sealed, the

otherend of the container being folded to form flaps that. are looselyoverlapped to permit the same to be opened to give access to thecontentsof the container, and a label inclosing thecontainer and havingone end permcnently sealed and its other end folded toform overlappingflaps that are independent of the flaps of the container and adapted tobe opened, the label being shaped to form a, cup-shaped receptacle thatholds and protects the container, said label at the 1 junction of itsmajor portion and its overlapping flaps being circumferentially Weakenedto permit said overlapping flaps to be torn from the said major portionto give access to theloose flaps of the container.

In testimony whereof I. have ailixed my signature inpresence of two.witnesses.

i ARTHUR TALK;

.Witnesses:

. An cn Mmmn,

M.-NENSEL.

